diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_api_filter_by_custom_fields.py b/src/documents/tests/test_api_filter_by_custom_fields.py
index b9637aa3e..67641fe3f 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_api_filter_by_custom_fields.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_api_filter_by_custom_fields.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from unittest.mock import patch
 from urllib.parse import quote
 
 import time_machine
+from django.db import connection
 from django.test import override_settings
 from django.utils import timezone
 from rest_framework.test import APITestCase
@@ -20,6 +21,13 @@ from paperless_testing.dirs import DirectoriesMixin
 from paperless_testing.factories import UserFactory
 
 
+def _exact_equal(value: str | None, expected: str) -> bool:
+    """`exact` follows the column collation, which is case insensitive on MariaDB."""
+    if connection.vendor == "mysql" and value is not None:
+        return value.casefold() == expected.casefold()
+    return value == expected
+
+
 class DocumentWrapper:
     """
     Allows Pythonic access to the custom fields associated with the wrapped document.
@@ -287,7 +295,8 @@ class TestCustomFieldsSearch(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
         self._assert_query_match_predicate(
             ["string_field", "exact", "paperless"],
             lambda document: (
-                "string_field" in document and document["string_field"] == "paperless"
+                "string_field" in document
+                and _exact_equal(document["string_field"], "paperless")
             ),
         )
 
@@ -296,7 +305,10 @@ class TestCustomFieldsSearch(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
             ["string_field", "in", ["paperless", "Paperless"]],
             lambda document: (
                 "string_field" in document
-                and document["string_field"] in ("paperless", "Paperless")
+                and any(
+                    _exact_equal(document["string_field"], expected)
+                    for expected in ("paperless", "Paperless")
+                )
             ),
         )
 
@@ -761,7 +773,7 @@ class TestCustomFieldsSearch(DirectoriesMixin, APITestCase):
             lambda document: (
                 not (
                     "string_field" in document
-                    and document["string_field"] == "paperless"
+                    and _exact_equal(document["string_field"], "paperless")
                 )
             ),
         )
diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_document_list_effective_content_annotation.py b/src/documents/tests/test_document_list_effective_content_annotation.py
index 9a1b0978d..10d73dc29 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_document_list_effective_content_annotation.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_document_list_effective_content_annotation.py
@@ -242,9 +242,7 @@ class TestDocumentListEffectiveContentAnnotation:
         # Only the list query itself reads a content column: no extra query
         # for the skipped prefetch, none for a per-instance fallback
         content_queries = [
-            query
-            for query in ctx.captured_queries
-            if '"documents_document"."content"' in query["sql"]
+            query for query in ctx.captured_queries if _content_column() in query["sql"]
         ]
         assert len(content_queries) == 1
 
@@ -365,6 +363,11 @@ def _get_document_queries(
     return [q for q in ctx.captured_queries if '"django_content_type"' not in q["sql"]]
 
 
+def _content_column() -> str:
+    quote = connection.ops.quote_name
+    return f"{quote('documents_document')}.{quote('content')}"
+
+
 def _get_effective_content_fallback_queries(
     ctx: CaptureQueriesContext,
 ) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
@@ -379,7 +382,7 @@ def _get_effective_content_fallback_queries(
     return [
         q
         for q in ctx.captured_queries
-        if q["sql"].startswith('SELECT "documents_document"."content" FROM')
+        if q["sql"].startswith(f"SELECT {_content_column()} FROM")
     ]